CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS| CHINUA ACHEBE PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

CHINUA ACHEBE PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

Deadline: 12th June, 2022

Applications for the Second edition of Chinua Achebe Prize for Nigerian Fiction are now open, this is a Literature Prize awarded to Nigerian Novelists at home and abroad who publish in English. The prize has been launched by the Anambra State Government in July 2021 to mark the forty years anniversary of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) which was founded in 1981 by Professor Chinua Achebe of blessed Memory. The focus on fiction reflects the efforts of the Nigerian writer of the contemporary era to change the narratives and intensify the search for a better world. The second edition will awarded during the ANA International Convention in November 2022.

Prize

There is a cash prize of N1,000,000 for the winning entry 

Eligibility

—Open to Nigerian writers at home and abroad

—Open to only books published between 2021 and 2022

—Unpublished work are not eligible for the Chinua Achebe Prize

—Only novels are eligible

—Only one novel per author will be considered in any one year

—Six copies of the work are required

Application

To apply, send six original published copies of the work including a letter from the publisher to:

Chinua Achebe Prize

C/O

The General Secretary, 

Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), 

KM 2, Mamman Vatsa Writers’ Village, Mpape, Abuja

Signed

Maik Ortserga 

ANA Gen. Sec.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | 2022 EDITION OF ANA REVIEW

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | 2022 EDITION OF ANA REVIEW

The ANA Review, published yearly by the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) is a journal that seeks to assess the pulse of contemporary Nigerian and African literary writing as well as critical discourse.All submissions for the 2022 edition of ANA Review should be directed to the Association’s Editorial Board headed by the General Secretary. Submissions are expected in the following genres—

1] Poetry—Not more than six poems per submission.

2] Prose—Short stories or fiction excerpts must be under 4,000 words.

3] Essays—Academic and literary essays on subjects related to literature are welcome; must be under 5,000 words.

4] Drama—Skits only, under 3,000 words.

All submissions should be sent as MS Word attachments via email to info.ananigeria@yahoo.com or maikortserga@gmail.com with the following details on the first page.

1] Name

2] Genre

4] Contact Address

5] Telephone

6] Short Bio-data

Deadline for submissions is 30th , July 2022.

2022 ANA LITERARY PRIZES: CALL FOR ENTRIES

2022 ANA LITERARY PRIZES: CALL FOR ENTRIES

APRIL 04, 2022

INTRODUCTION

The Association of Nigerian Authors [ANA] hereby announces a range of prizes for its 2022 literary competitions. The prizes are:

     1. ANA Prize For Poetry (Published & Unpublished) – N 100,000

     2. ANA Prize For Prose Fiction (Published & Unpublished) – N 100,000 

     3. ANA Prize For Drama (Published & Unpublished) – N 100,000  

     4. ANA Prize For Children's Literature- 7-13 Years Age Range (Published Works Only  And Open To All Categories Of Authors) -N100, 0000

     5. ANA/ViviSam Prize for Children Poetry 7-15 Years Age Range (Published Works Only   And Open To All Categories Of Authors) - N100, 0000

     6. ANA/Abubakar Gimba Prize For Fiction 

  (Short Stories Collection-Published) – N200, 

     000.

     7. ANA/Maria Ajima Prize For Literary Criticism (Focus On Criticism Of Emergent Nigerian Literature) – N100, 000

     8. ANA/Jerry Agada Prize For Idoma Language Literature” (Published & Unpublished) – 150,000  

Nigerian writers, at home and abroad, desirous of entering their works for the Annual Literary Prizes, may now do so. Works entered should have been published between 2020 and 2022. 

REQUIREMENTS

     1. An entry fee of N3, 000 (per entry) is      

      required for all the prizes.The fee is to be 

      paid by the author or the publisher in favour 

      of the: 

ACCOUNT NAME: Association of Nigerian Authors(ANA) 

BANK: First Bank of Nigeria Plc  

ACCOUNT NO: 2020543538

Please, note: 

[a] The entry fee is for the purpose of prize administration only. 

[b] A photocopy of the appropriate Deposit Slip[s] MUST accompany Requirement #2 below. 

       2. Six copies (6) of the book or manuscript    

       to be entered, specifying the Prize being 

       entered for, alongside a covering letter and 

       the photocopy of the Deposit Slip used in 

       Requirement 1 above, should be sent by 

       post to: 

The General Secretary, 

Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), 

KM 2, Mamman Vatsa Writers’ Village, Mpape, Abuja.

The covering letter should contain accurate contact details of the writer or/and publisher of the work, including email and surface mail addresses and telephone numbers. 

Please, note also that: 

[a] The Association will NOT take responsibility for the delay in the postal service nor claim registered parcels in cases where it has to pay for such entries or parcels. 

[b] Multiple entries, where applicable, are allowed but a work must not have been entered for the same prize prior to the present entry and it must have been published between 2020 and 2022.

GENERAL INSTRUCTION

The works that are to be submitted in all categories should be original and not recast(s) of already existing works. All submissions are subjected to copyright laws of Nigeria as authors should note that they retain full responsibility for any sort of infringement. Works entered into for ANA prizes are expected to be of the highest language and literary quality.

ANA/ Maria Ajima Prize for Literary Criticism (published works only) Length: Not more than 15 pages of A4 paper size following format of academic essays.

      1. Type double spaced using MS Word. 

        Use Times New Roman Type face 12 point 

        font size.

      2. The essay, if published in a journal, 

        newspaper, books or as electronic text 

        on-line, must be within the valid dates 

        indicated on this call for submissions.

      3. Referencing style is either the latest 

        MLA or APA style.

      4. Five hard copies as loose sheets or as a 

        bound monograph are to be submitted to 

        ANA, plus a soft copy sent by email to 

        info.ananigeria@yahoo.com and

       5. Maikortserga@gmail.com The essay 

        should not be a generalized survey but 

        should rather be focused on specific texts 

        (in any of the genres) of selected authors 

        at a time.

      6. The essay should state where the texts 

        or performance analysed can be accessed 

        or located and where it (essay) has been 

        published.

      7. All entries in this category should be 

       accompanied by a letter affirming the 

       originality of the essay and authorial 

       authenticity.

       8. In addition, all other rules covering ANA 

       competitions are applicable.

 

Copyright: The copyright to every winning entry is to be held by the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Maria Ajima Trust, and the author of the work. The winning entry will be published in subsequent ANA Reviews.

Entries must be accompanied by photocopies of Birth Certificate/Declaration of Age and any other evidence of the entrant as a school-going person.

 

DEADLINE

 

Deadline for the receipt of ALL entries is 28th May, 2022 (there will be no extension of this deadline). A shortlist will be announced in September, 2021. Winners of the prizes will be announced by the judges at the Awards Dinner during the International Annual Convention of the Association of Nigerian Authors in November, 2022. 

 

Maik Ortserga

General Secretary

 

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ANA MOURNS JEROME MARTYNS AJAYI

ANA MOURNS JEROME MARTYNS AJAYI

By ANA Publicity Committee. 

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) under the leadership of Dr. Camillus Chima Ukah has mourned the passage of Jerome Martyns Ajayi, a vibrant member of ANA Kaduna Chapter who died through a motor accident in Kaduna, Kaduna State.

In a statement, ANA PRO (North) Umar Yogiza Jr. sent to newsmen on Friday, described the youthful Ajayi's whose life was cut-short is a devastating loss not only to ANA or Kaduna State, but to the pen fraternity worldwide.

According to the Statement, “Jerome Martyns Ajayi left at a time ANA and the country needs his contribution, but 'Those we love never truly leave us.' And there are some things that death can never alter. The grief literary community is going through is the price for having a wonderful person, like you, Jerome, in our lives".

“ANA Commiserate with the Jerome family as well as friends and ANA Members in Kaduna state as we supplicate to God to give us all the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss”.

Dr. Camillus Chima Ukah finally prayed to Almighty God to grant Jerome Martyns Ajayi eternal rest and implores that– God gives and God takes, mindless of our schedules.

Jerome Martyns Ajayi until his Death, worked with the NIPOST, and was at the time of his death a law student at the law school in Abuja.

ANA PRESIDENT CAMILLUS UKAH DISBURSES ANA 1000 BOOKS, ANA'S A BOOK, A CHILD INITIATIVE

ANA President Dr. Camillus Ukah, at Queen Elizabeth School Ilorin, Today, Friday, March 4th, 2022, disbursing ANA's 1000 books, a book a child nationwide initiative.

ANA CONGRATULATES OBARI GOMBA, WINNER OF THE PAN-AFRICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION'S POETRY PRIZE 2022

ANA CONGRATULATES OBARI GOMBA, WINNER OF THE PAN-AFRICAN  WRITERS ASSOCIATION'S POETRY PRIZE 2022

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) heartily congratulates Dr. Obari Gomba on winning the Pan-African Writers Association’s Proetry Prize 2022 with his highly engaging and absolutely absorbing volume of poems 'The Lilt of the Rebel. A statement issued by ANA General Secretary Maik Ortserga said on Thursday said"Gomba's success does not come as a surprise, given his literary antecedents. 

The statement further described the visiting professor at Oxford University  as one of the most committed writers and literary scholars in contemporary Nigeria who has continued to make ANA proud. The statement revealed that Gomba has always put his touch-stone ideas to the service of ANA and we can not shy away from celebrating his success and we believe that the best is yet to be heard about Obari Gomba"

ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN AUTHORS BEGINS DISTRIBUTION OF 40,000 BOOKS TO NIGERIAN SCHOOLS

 

As a way of fulfilling its pledge to give out 40,000 books and customized book shelves to a vast number of schools in the country, the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), has given out its first set of books to a category of Nigerian Schools.

The President of Association of Nigerian Authors, Camillus Ukah, who made the promise during last year’s ANA Convention, has met the Batch A category of schools yesterday, February 25, 2022 at the Mamman Vasta Writers Village, Mpape, Abuja.

The Visionary leader, Ukah, who have been an ardent promoter of good reading and writing culture since the inception of the association, enlightened schools present about the concept of 'A Child-A Book-A Week' dream of changing the life of every youngster thereby making Nigeria greater and better.

Recall that as part of its activities to commemorate 40 years successive growth in Arts, literature and culture, the president of the largest writers body in Africa during its fortieth anniversary, unveiled customised book shelves which according to him will contain 1000 books each for 40 schools across the country as part of its contribution to national development. 

In his words, "This is our way of encouraging the young ones to read at least 52 books in a year in order to become a star"

Schools under the Batch A are, Auchi Polytechnic Staff Secondary School; Police Public Relation School Kaduna; Sure Star Private Schools; Government Secondary School, Ilorin; Fugar Mixed Grammar School; Primegate International Academy; Sacred Heart College, Agenebode; Unique Secondary School Makurdi, Benue State; Our Lady of Fatima College Edo State; Girls' Secondary School Agbaja, Kogi State; Spring of Life International School Enugu; Model Girls Secondary School, Rivers State; Government College, Ibadan; Mayflower School Ikenne, Ogun State; and Alada Grammar School, Ozoro , Delta State. In addition, States Chairmen of Borno and Adamawa received on behalf of their states.

The event had in attendance, former ANA President, Mallam Denja Abdullahi as well as his predicessor, Dr. Wale Okediran, who is also the Secretary General of Pan African Writers Association (PAWA), Ghana; Honorary Fellow in Writing of the University of Lowa (USA), Dr. Obari Gomba; the Developer, Colonel Shaw; Chief Judge of children' literature and former Kaduna State Chairman, Elder John Asiedu Sarpog; National Executive Members, former States' Chairmen and other notable members.

The Association is however set to present more books and shelves to more schools.

By Blessing Etim